Taylor v. State

111 Ga. App. 688 (1965)

143 S.E.2d 24

TAYLOR

v.

THE STATE.

41287.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Argued May 4, 1965.

Decided May 13, 1965.

Rupert A. Brown, for plaintiff in error.

Preston M. Almand, Solicitor, contra.

NICHOLS, Presiding Judge.

1. "Where, as here, a conviction depends entirely upon circumstantial evidence, such evidence must be such as to exclude every other reasonable hypothesis save that of the guilt of the accused." Gibbs v. State, 91 Ga. App. 519 (1) (86 SE2d 369).

2. The evidence adduced upon the trial of the defendant, charged with possessing nontax-paid liquor, was that no liquor was…